[Cell Death & Disease] Stable OTUB2 overexpression and knockdown cells were cocultured with M0 macrophages to study tumor-associated macrophages polarization.
[Nature] Investigators showed that metastasis-associated oncofetal cell states already emerge at the earliest stages of colorectal cancer, concurrent with invasive front formation.
[International Journal of Molecular Medicine] Scientists highlight the gastric cancer‑specific mechanisms, controversial scientific issues and latest clinical translation progress of RNA‑binding proteins (RBPs) and propose personalized treatment strategies based on the molecular characteristics of RBPs.
[Advanced Materials] A bottom-up biomaterial-based platform was introduced to program cell state changes in pancreatic cancer organoids by tuning minimal adhesion cues within a synthetic matrix.
[Cell Stem Cell] The authors demonstrated that chemical inhibition of zinc transportation boosts stem cell-derived islet organoids functional competence, offering a potential strategy to advance pre-adaptation to stress in regenerative medicine.
[Nature Communications] Researchers focused on neuronal activity in Rett syndrome patient-derived organoids, analyzing two types of MECP2 mutations—a missense mutation and a truncating mutation —using calcium imaging with three-photon microscopy.
[Asahi Kasei] Asahi Kasei announced the initiation of a Phase I clinical trial for AK1940, a novel peptide-based investigational compound developed to address significant unmet medical needs in patients with autoimmune diseases.
[Genentech] Genentech announced that the US FDA has accepted the company’s supplemental Biologics License Application for Gazyva® for the treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus.
[Nature Communications] In this multicenter, double-blind, Phase IIb trial, 152 patients with active systemic lupus erythematosus were randomized to receive subcutaneous interleukin 2 or placebo every other day for 12 weeks, then weekly for another 12 weeks. Low-dose-IL2 drove the expansion of Tregs and altered Treg/effector T cell ratios.